Perspective and aspect in narrative generation

• Autorzy: Lessard, G. , Levison, M.
• Konferencja: Human Language Technologies as a challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics (2; 21-23.04.2005; Poznań, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The generation of narrative texts poses particular difficulties with respect to the interplay of description and narration, the recounting and interpretation of events from different perspectives, and the interweaving of dialogue and narration. Starting from previous work within the VINCI natural language generation environment, we show how a model of perspective and aspect proposed in the 1960's by the linguist Andre Burger allows for a significant enrichment of generated narratives in these three respects.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

natural language generation; French; narrative; aspect; tense

• Czasopismo: Archives of Control Sciences
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 15, no. 4
• Strony: 595-602
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Lessard, G.

• French Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6,

autor

Levison, M.

• School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6,

Bibliografia

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